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you are at all concerned about your health, smoking should not be part
of your life. The U.S. Surgeon General reported that cigarette smoking
is the most significant risk factor for the development of cancer and
heart disease. Likewise, cigarette smoking increases your risk of emphysema
and chronic lung disease, stroke, osteoarthritis,
macular degeneration
and other conditions as well. There is new data in recent years to indicate
that even second hand smoke can have fatal consequences. In general,
the average smoker usually dies about seven or eight years before a
non-smoker.Unfortunately, cigarette smoking is extremely addictive and, in many cases, is difficult to eliminate. Often many smokers can be in some level of denial and do not feel that their life will necessarily be shortened by this addiction. There are others that have made the comment that if they die prematurely, so be it. What they don't recognize is that if one develops a stroke or chronic lung disease, one may not die from this but be chronically disabled. Proper diet and nutrition is extremely important for the chronic smoker. It has been well reported in the medical literature that many smokers have a relative vitamin C deficiency and with supplementation ascorbic acid levels can be repleted. Antioxidants in general can be extremely beneficial in reducing the incidence of many of the diseases caused by cigarette smoking. In particular there have been studies cited in the literature describing benefits with grape seed extract and flavonoids from green tea. In terms of smoking cessation, more specific measures, such as nicotine replacement (either gum or patch) can be effective. For other people acupuncture, hypnosis, visualization might have some benefit. Some physicians recommend the gradual reduction in cigarette smoking, especially if there is some enjoyment associated with it. Instead of automatically lighting up one cigarette after another, the smoker should instead choose certain times of the day when he or she would smoke one or two cigarettes (such as during their morning cup of coffee or at a lunch break). By following this routine, cigarette smoking may go from one or two packs/day to just a few cigarettes daily.
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